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Βαστάτε Τούρκοι τ’ άλογα
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- Type: Instrumental
- Rhythm: Free rythm | 7 beats
- Duration: 03:20
Collaborators
- Tambouras: Perikles Papapetropoulos
- Lute: Socrates Sinopoulos
- Tambourine: Kostas Meretakis
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Studio recording, 2004.
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